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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Graphic Design Pet Peeves

In honor of my impending graduation, I figured I should enlighten you all about the joys of being a graphic designer. I love being a designer. I really do. But like any other job, certain things get really annoying.

*Disclaimer: I don't mean this to be offensive. I don't care if you like Comic Sans. Personal preference. This is just from my experience in the four-ish years I've been doing this, professionally and in school.

Using periods in phone numbers instead of dashes.
Not using the oxford comma.
Photoshop Error: "Not enough ram".
Linked files with no source file to be found.Papyrus / Comic Sans.

Oh man, I totally laughed at this whole post! Great illustration of what people think you do, what you really do, etc. Very funny Jessica, and I TOTALLY feel for you! Hmm, I am a SAHM with three daughters and a son at home. Two of the girls are teens, the other a bit older. So ya, I have LOTS of pet peeves with my job. Like, Why can't anyone clear their dishes or throw their trash away? Why do they leave dirty clothes and towels in the hall? I'm a mom, not a hall monitor! Like you, I could go on and on.

Great post. And yes, I have a list of pet peeves but I also have a list of awesomeness (I read your latest post before this one). :)I totally get the client not knowing what they want but knowing what they don't like when you are trying to create something from very little. Especially clients who are trying to help someone else out, by paying for it, and thus you don't actually get to speak to the person who the design is really for to get their vision...but every time you send something, it's a no, don't really like that. Or taking 2 weeks to respond. ;) LOL I'm glad I don't do this full time. And actually just pulled my services from my blog. If someone already knows that I dabble in design, then great...I'll help them out (and charge for my time), but I'm not longer 'advertising' my services. ;) LOL

I can't even imagine having a job in graphic design--computer frustrate me enough as it is...and just the little tiny bit I've tried to do with my own blog design and coding is a pain in the butt. I'm sure it all makes sense if you actually know what you're doing, though.Still, having to trust computers not to start revolting and fail on you when you're working on something really important has got to be scary!